Mailing Lists

There are a number of mailing lists devoted to talking about PHP and related
projects. This list describes them all, has
links to searchable archives for all of the lists, and explains how to
subscribe to the lists.

Newsgroups

The PHP language newsgroup is comp.lang.php, available on any
news server around the globe. In addition to this many of our mailing
lists are also reflected onto the news server at
news://news.php.net/. The
server also has a read only web interface at
http://news.php.net/.

Mailing list messages are transfered to newsgroup posts and
newsgroup posts are sent to the mailing lists. Please note
that these newsgroups are only available on this server.

User Groups

Chances are that there is a User Group in your neighborhood, which are generally
a great resource both for beginners and experienced PHP users.
Check out the User Group listing on PHP.ug to see if there
is one close by.

Events & Training

A list of upcoming events (such as user group meetings and PHP training
sessions) is included in the right-hand column of the front page, and
on the event calendar page. If you want to list
an upcoming event, just fill out the form on this page.

Internet Relay Chat

Otherwise known as IRC. Here you can usually find experienced PHP people
sitting around doing nothing on various channels with php in their names.
Note that there is no official IRC channel. Check
freenode or any other major network
(EFNet,
QuakeNet,
IRCNet,
IrCQNet,
DALNet and
OFTC).

PHP.net webmasters

If you have a problem or suggestion in connection with the PHP.net
website or mirror sites, please
contact the webmasters. If you have problems setting up PHP
or using some functionality, please ask your question on a support
channel detailed above, the webmasters will not answer any such
questions.